今天我们要学的词是organic。 Organic, 有机的，绿色的。 Organic product, 有机产品。近年来，美国很多消费者开始崇尚绿色、有机食 品。不过，统计数字显示， Organic food accounted for only 3.5% of the f...
今天我们要学的词是jump ship。 To jump ship, 意思是跳槽。 LeBron James decision to jump ship was not unexpected, 勒布朗.詹姆斯决定跳槽并不意外。 John didn't like his new boss and jumped ship the first chance he got, 约翰...
今天我们要学的词是rip-off。 Rip-off, 做为名词，指一件产品、服务要价过高，或质量太差。 Our credit card company hiked the interest rates to 24%. It's a total rip-off, 我们的信用卡公司把利率提高到24%，太宰...
今天我们要学的词是take a hit. 说一件事情to take a hit意思是说这件事情受到了打击。最新公布的数字显示， Concert ticket sales took a hit in 2010 because of economic malaise, 经济不振使2010年音乐会入场券的...
今天我们要学的词是burst into。 To burst into something, 意思是突然爆发出来。 The room burst into laughter at the joke, 房间里所有人都被这个笑话逗得开怀大笑。不久前好莱坞话题女王林赛.罗韩被判入狱...
今天我们要学的词是part ways。 To part ways, 意思是分开，分道扬镳。 The celebrity couple parted ways recently, 这对明星伴侣最新分手了。 The world No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods parted ways with his swing coach of six years, 世...
今天我们要学的词是shortcut。 Shortcut, 近路，捷径。 The taxi driver took a shortcut and made it to the airport in time, 出租车司机抄近路，准时赶到了机场。 The heavily traveled road is a popular shortcut for locals to...
今天我们要学的词是heat wave。 Heat wave, 热浪，高温天气。 A heat wave is sweeping the Northeastern region of the United States, 美国东北部地区普遍出现高温天气。 The heat wave could be a record-breaker, 这次高温天气...
今天我们要学的词是marketing。 Marketing, 市场营销。 He has a knack for marketing, 他很擅长做市场营销的工作。在美国， The food industry spends $1.6 billion on marketing that targets kids, 食品工业每年花费16亿美元...
今天我们要学的词是thrash。 Thrash, 做动词，有彻底击败的意思，用在体育比赛中。 We were thrashed by our arch-rival, 我们在跟死对头的比赛中输得很惨。在世界杯小组赛中， Germany thrashed Australia 4-...
